Changing from Cable to DSL issues

I'd like to move from cable to DSL because my cable company hasn't
been responsive to the poor service. Will my home network have issues
in the transfer? I'm currently using a Motorola WR850g wireless router
and WPC1810g wireless NICs. Usually have 3 to 4 machines hooked to my
wireless network at once. Anyone have thoughts? thanks

jcage wrote:
> I'd like to move from cable to DSL because my cable company hasn't
> been responsive to the poor service. Will my home network have
> issues in the transfer? I'm currently using a Motorola WR850g
> wireless router and WPC1810g wireless NICs. Usually have 3 to 4
> machines hooked to my wireless network at once. Anyone have
> thoughts? thanks

As long as your DSL prrovider will allow the use of third party routers -
you won't even notice there was a change other than possible speed
differences. All the Cable or DSL company does is provide your router with
a connection to the Internet - you are connecting to said router (wired or
wirelessly) and the traffic is being (not ironically so) routed to and from
the Internet using the router.

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Shenan Stanley
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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I'd like to move from cable to DSL because my cable company hasn't
> been responsive to the poor service. Will my home network have issues
> in the transfer? I'm currently using a Motorola WR850g wireless router
> and WPC1810g wireless NICs. Usually have 3 to 4 machines hooked to my
> wireless network at once. Anyone have thoughts? thanks

You will most likely have to reconfigure the router's WAN connection
parameters. Many cable ISPs just require the connection to accept an
automatically assigned IP address from the ISP's DHCP server.
Typically, this is the default on most home routers. Many ISPs use
PPPoE for DSL, which requires a login userid/password combination. Your
router can easily handle this. See your User Guide.

Other than the connection between your router and the ISP-supplied modem
(you'll switch from a cable modem to a DSL modem), there should be no
effect on your home network.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I'd like to move from cable to DSL because my cable company hasn't
> been responsive to the poor service. Will my home network have issues
> in the transfer? I'm currently using a Motorola WR850g wireless router
> and WPC1810g wireless NICs. Usually have 3 to 4 machines hooked to my
> wireless network at once. Anyone have thoughts? thanks

The very fact that you have a home router will make your transition
extremely seamless. The only difference that will need to be done is to
reconfigure your home router's WAN connection so that it logs in to the
new DSL connection rather than from the old cable connection. Typically,
in a DSL connection, your new ISP will send all of that login
information in the kit that they send to you with the new modem.

Yousuf Khan

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I'd like to move from cable to DSL because my cable company hasn't
> been responsive to the poor service. Will my home network have issues
> in the transfer? I'm currently using a Motorola WR850g wireless router
> and WPC1810g wireless NICs. Usually have 3 to 4 machines hooked to my
> wireless network at once. Anyone have thoughts? thanks

I switched from cable to DSL to FiOS. Verizon provided a replacement
modem for DSL and then a router for FiOS. Not quite seamless in
changeover, but I now have three computers and my DirecTV receiver
hooked up to my router -- the computers are wireless, the receiver is wired.

Bill